LEVEL -5 AND CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE

This study examined the effect of various leadership styles on employees’ job performance, using selected large private sector organizations from some states in Nigeria. Descriptive survey design and a modified five points Likert scale was used in eliciting information from the respondents. The tools of analysis were Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. All tests were carried out at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the analysis indicates that F-value of 28.381 is statistically significant, valid and fit for any predictive purposes. It is also an indication that overall regression model is significant. The regression coefficient represented by ‘R’ has a value of 0.811 and it shows that 81.1 percent relationship exists between the dependent and independent variables. The coefficient of determination represented by ‘R2’ was estimated to be 0.735 and it implies that about 73.5 percent variation in the dependent variable can be explained by the independent variables. The following were the specific findings of the study: Level-5 leadership style does not have significant effect on employees’ performance and charismatic leadership style has significant effect on employee performance. It was recommended that charismatic leadership style should be adopted to complement Level-5 leadership style for improved performance of the employees.  Article visualizations

THE IMPACT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND INTERVENTION ON RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

This study investigated the impact of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention on research intervention for effective management of Federal Universities in South East, Nigeria. One research question guided the study while one hypothesis was tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised all 231 staff from the five (5) federal universities in South East, Nigeria. This consisted of 16 staff in TETFund offices and 215 Heads of Departments in the five federal universities in South East, Nigeria. The entire population was used as the study sample purposively. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher-developed questionnaire. The instrument was validated and the reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha to determine the internal consistency which yielded a reliability index of 0.75. In analyzing the data, mean scores and standard deviation were used to answer the research question. The t-test was used to test the hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed among others that, TETFund intervention had a significant impact on research development for effective management of federal universities in South East, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that, TETFund should improve its intervention in providing grants for academic staff development for conference participation (International and National), and publications in federal universities in South East, Nigeria.  Article visualizations

LONG HOURS OF WORK AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

The study examined the effect of job stress on employee performance in tertiary institutions, using Delta State University, Abraka Campus as the study area. The literature was partitioned into four main sections namely; conceptual review, theoretical framework, extant literature and empirical review. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Statistical tools of analysis were summary statistics of percentages and Chi-square (χ2) test of independence. All tests were conducted at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicate that long hours of work as a source of job stress has negative and significant effect on employee performance in tertiary institutions. The study concludes that putting too much pressure and stress on employees often results in negative consequences which are capable of reducing their performance. The study recommends among others that employers should endeavour to always assign tasks that their employees’ capabilities can adequately cope with to avoid situations that lead to work stress.  Article visualizations

Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance in Nigeria

The study examined corporate social responsibility on financial performance of banks in Nigeria by using earning per share, gross earning and profit after tax as measures of financial performance of banks in Nigeria. The study design was ex-post-facto. Pearson correlation and simple regression analysis were the major statistical tools used for the analysis through the application of SPSS version 20.0 and E-View 8.0 software packages. Correlation results showed that whereas the relationship between corporate social responsibility and earning per share was positive but insignificant, it showed strong, positive and significant relationships with gross earning and profit after tax respectively. Similarly, corporate social responsibility expenditure was found to have insignificant effect on earnings per share, it has significant effect on gross earning and profit after tax of the banks in Nigeria. The study recommends among others that corporate organizations should endeavor to give more to the society in CSR and leverage it to enhance the financial performance of their businesses in the country